Painters can be acute readers of classical poetry

Ancient stories, whether we know them or not, have a kind of purchase in our consciousness. Just look at how our culture portrays stepmothers...

"Hyacinthus was struck, and died—but from the blood a lovely flower was born"

White supremacists deny the long history of non-Europeans in Britain, in the teeth of evidence literally carved in stone

Hermes, Trojan, Rubicon—for the Classically-minded, brand names can be a major source of amusement

The original myth is no less weird and insane than the UK’s current political situation—though a touch more sexually lurid

There's something to be said for a Classics-inspired motivational phrase—we might even beat the public-schoolboy Latin tweeters at their own game...

Trump's presidency has given rise to a depressing parlour game

Like a lot of literature from the past, it reads a little differently post #MeToo.

Meet Talos, a giant made out of bronze who heats himself to red hot and clasps his enemies to his chest